US 12,146,762 B1
Time synchronized object tracking system
Keith C Wichowski, Portsmouth, RI (US); Zachary D Sawyer, North Kingstown, RI (US); Daniel T Savaria, Bristol, RI (US); and Patrick B Ryll, Tiverton, RI (US)
Assigned to The United States as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Filed by The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,824.
Int. Cl. G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)
CPC G01C 21/3841 (2020.08) [G01S 13/87 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An object tracking system comprising:
a plurality of objects being tracked wherein the objects each have a communication means and comprise streaming objects that continually provide an object identifier, positional data and linked time data, and periodic objects that periodically provide an object identifier, compiled positional data and linked time data through the communication means;
a receiver capable of receiving the object identifier, positional data, and linked time data from the communication means on said plurality of objects;
a database capable of storing a plurality of object types, historic positional data and historic time data associated with each object, planned positional data and planned time data associated with each object;
a processor joined to said receiver and said database, said processor being capable of updating the database with the received positional data, and linked time data for each object and capable of sorting the historic positional data, planned positional data, and current positional data by the time data linked to the position data to generate sorted positional data; and
a display joined to the processor to receive and display the sorted positional data and linked time data.